United States border officials have been turning away asylum seekers from Nigeria, Colombia, Honduras and Mexico, sparking complaints of unfair treatment. The immigration officials at the Mexican border also denied emigrants from Russia entry into the U.S. Ukrainians who sought refuge in the US were however allowed to go into the U.S. Russians trying to Read More…
A women’s group, Nkata Ndi Inyom Igbo has joined the rising number of voices who have condemned the altercation on Friday, 18 March between former Anambra First Lady, Ebelechukwu Obiano and the widow of the ex-Biafran warlord, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu. The squabble which resulted in a physical slap to the face of Obiano by Ojukwu Read More…
First Togo, then Nigeria, Namibia, and South Africa A subsea cable owned by Google that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday, the company said, the latest step in a multi-year project to provide cheaper access to users across the continent. The Equiano cable, the first of its Read More…
Offers university admission to stranded Nigerian students wishing to continue education In picture above: Nigerian Ambassador to the Russian Federation with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Belarus, Prof. Abdullahi Shehu and The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mr Mikhail Bogdanov during a visit of the Nigerian diplomat in Moscow, Russia. Read More…
An Independent Investigation Panel sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered the Chairman, National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa to produce suspended DCP Abba Kyari on March 22. The panel also ordered the new Commandant of the IGP-IRT, Tunde Disu to do the needful to ensure that Kyari is produced before the Read More…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, on Wednesday in Abuja updated the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the availability of 1.9 billion litres of petrol. He said the quantity was enough to last the country for 32 days. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr Mele Kyari, accompanied the minister to the Read More…
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi and his Deputy, Mr Eric Igwe have asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja which ordered their removal from office. The governor and his deputy, in a notice of appeal filed by their counsel, Mr Chukwuma MaChukwu- Ume, SAN, on March Read More…
Developing countries should not have to target renewable energy sources and turn away from fossil fuels, Nigerian energy officials said on Tuesday, joining other emerging oil-producing nations reluctant to embrace the global energy transition trend. Some 900 million people in the world, most of them in Africa, still have no access to energy for basic Read More…
A London high court began to hear a lawsuit on Wednesday launched by Nigeria against U.S. bank JP Morgan Chase, claiming more than $1.7 billion for its role in a disputed 2011 oilfield deal. The civil suit filed in the English courts relates to the purchase by energy majors Shell and Eni of the offshore Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari has joined family and friends of Babatunde Ogunnaike, a professor of more than 25 years and Dean of Engineering at Delaware University, in mourning the scholar. Ogunnaike, who hailed from Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun, died on Sunday, Feb. 20 at the age of 65. The president’s condolence message is contained in a statement by Read More…